Sun Feb 05 2012
Gilbert Crutchfield, holds his World War II medals in Tanner, Ala. Crutchfield, who survived Pearl Harbor attack on Dec. 7, 1941 wishes he had had a machine gun instead of a shotgun. If he had, he promises, he would have wiped the smiles off the faces of the Japanese fighter pilots that Sunday morning in Hawaii 68 years ago. Instead, about all he could do was guard the railroad bridge from the mountainside overlooking Pearl Harbor. “I could see it all,” Crutchfield, 88, said. “I had a ringside seat for it.”
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Posted by draygreen06 December 7, 2009
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yes please remember them all and the 1177 still there.. then lets thank our country for rebuilding china and japan and taking over the job market
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Posted by homeward bound December 7, 2009
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Let us remember and honor those who died on Sunday December 7th, 1941 when at 7:53 a.m., the first Japanese assault wave, with 51 'Val' dive bombers, 40 'Kate' torpedo bombers, 50 high level bombers and 43 'Zero' fighters, commences the attack with flight commander, Mitsuo Fuchida, sounding the battle cry: "Tora! Tora! Tora!" (Tiger! Tiger! Tiger!). Remember to thank those who have served to protect our country!
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